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Pedetontus

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Pedetontus is a genus of jumping bristletails in the family Machilidae. There are about 10 described species in Pedetontus.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderArchaeognatha
  5. FamilyMachilidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
65
With media
4
Family
Machilidae
Collections
UAM, LACM, INHS, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, CASC
Recorded in
Canada, United States

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taxon name
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taxon rank
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Encyclopedic overview

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Pedetontus is a genus of jumping bristletails in the family Machilidae. There are about 10 described species in Pedetontus.

==Species== Pedetontus calcaratus (Silvestri, 1911) Pedetontus californicus (Silvestri, 1911) Pedetontus gershneri Allen, 1995 Pedetontus palaearcticus Silvestri, 1925 Pedetontus persquamosus (Silvestri, 1911) Pedetontus saltator Wygodzinsky & Schmidt, 1980 Pedetontus schicki Sturm, 2001 Pedetontus submutans (Silvestri, 1911) Pedetontus superior (Silvestri, 1911) Pedetontus yosemite Sturm, 2001 Pedetontus unimaculatus Machida, 1980

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